David Taylor
@davidataylor.bsky.social
Writer, reader, walker. Producer of the Signal award-winning People’s Recorder podcast. Fulbright Scholar, Hawthornden Fellow http://linktr.ee/dataylor1
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Our Week in Reviews: 12/27/25. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/our... @fsgbooks.bsky.social @simonandschuster.bsky.social @square-enix-books.com @celadonbooks.bsky.social @blackstonepub.bsky.social #booksky
December 27, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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#ClipOfTheDay: Watch the trailer for the anticipated film adaptation of Homer’s epic poem, The Odyssey, written and directed by Christopher Nolan, chronicling the journey and adventures of the legendary Greek king of Ithaca as he returns home after the Trojan War. at.pw.org/TheOdyssey
December 27, 2025 at 1:00 AM
#ClipOfTheDay: Watch the trailer for the anticipated film adaptation of Homer’s epic poem, The Odyssey, written and directed by Christopher Nolan, chronicling the journey and adventures of the legendary Greek king of Ithaca as he returns home after the Trojan War. at.pw.org/TheOdyssey
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DC Public Library Recognized as 2025 Top Innovator by Urban Libraries Council. https://www.urbanlibraries.org/innovations
December 25, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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"Tensions erupted." - CHRIS HALEY, A Creative Incubator, The People's Recorder #ThePeoplesRecorder #ChrisHaley
November 24, 2025 at 12:09 AM
"Tensions erupted." - CHRIS HALEY, A Creative Incubator, The People's Recorder #ThePeoplesRecorder #ChrisHaley
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#ICYMI: Our new issue includes steps to take a three-day writing detox; articles on how to revise your manuscript for symmetry and writing as a multi-tool; and reports on the People’s Recorder podcast as well as Bellevue Literary Review’s literature of illness and healing. More: at.pw.org/JanFeb2026
December 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
#ICYMI: Our new issue includes steps to take a three-day writing detox; articles on how to revise your manuscript for symmetry and writing as a multi-tool; and reports on the People’s Recorder podcast as well as Bellevue Literary Review’s literature of illness and healing. More: at.pw.org/JanFeb2026
Excited to have our podcast The People’s Recorder featured in this issue, and our host Chris Haley!
December 23, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Excited to have our podcast The People’s Recorder featured in this issue, and our host Chris Haley!
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If you can, please donate today. We'd truly appreciate it 🫶
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December 22, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The hard truth is that December is always make-or-break for our newsroom. A full one-third of all the funds we need to practice the journalism you rely on comes to us in December.
If you can, please donate today. We'd truly appreciate it 🫶
If you can, please donate today. We'd truly appreciate it 🫶
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Think you’ve got skeletons? Meet this subterfuge-soaked clan. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/f... @celadonbooks.bsky.social #booksky @davidataylor.bsky.social
Family of Spies: A World War II Story of Nazi Espionage, Betrayal, and the Secret History Behind Pearl Harbor | Washington Independent Review of Books
The Independent is an important voice in the community of readers and writers dedicated to book reviews and writing about the world of books.
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December 22, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Think you’ve got skeletons? Meet this subterfuge-soaked clan. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/f... @celadonbooks.bsky.social #booksky @davidataylor.bsky.social
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Who inspired you in 2025?
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We are grateful to and inspired by our 2025 heroes! We hope you are too.
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Who inspired you in 2025?
Every month, The Media and Democracy Project honors exemplary individuals & publications for their commitment to journalism, democracy, & press freedom.
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December 20, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Who are they? Why are they heroes?👇
Who inspired you in 2025?
Every month, The Media and Democracy Project honors exemplary individuals & publications for their commitment to journalism, democracy, & press freedom.
We are grateful to and inspired by our 2025 heroes! We hope you are too.
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‘60 Minutes’ correspondent says CBS’s Bari Weiss abruptly pulled segment on deportations
“If the administration’s refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a ‘kill switch’ for any reporting they find inconvenient.”
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“If the administration’s refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a ‘kill switch’ for any reporting they find inconvenient.”
@washingtonpost.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:20 AM
‘60 Minutes’ correspondent says CBS’s Bari Weiss abruptly pulled segment on deportations
“If the administration’s refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a ‘kill switch’ for any reporting they find inconvenient.”
@washingtonpost.com
“If the administration’s refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a ‘kill switch’ for any reporting they find inconvenient.”
@washingtonpost.com
Recent fiction in Subnivean!
December 21, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Recent fiction in Subnivean!
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The problem with this piece, like all the other pieces, is that the missing hed, dek, & lede is that all of this was wildly illegal, unconstitutional, & criminal. This is how you normalize lawless authoritarianism - treat like just another story in our politics. “Transformation” is lazy euphemism.
This WaPo piece weaves together an incredibly powerful story about the way Trump has devastated government and the dedicated people who wake up every day to serve the public. wapo.st/4b14KAy
The year Trump broke the federal government
How DOGE and the White House carried out a once-unthinkable transformation of the nation’s sprawling bureaucracy.
wapo.st
December 21, 2025 at 12:43 PM
The problem with this piece, like all the other pieces, is that the missing hed, dek, & lede is that all of this was wildly illegal, unconstitutional, & criminal. This is how you normalize lawless authoritarianism - treat like just another story in our politics. “Transformation” is lazy euphemism.
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I never do this, but I really want to be involved. @elliottkalan.bsky.social should write on it. I'll laugh and unroll maps.
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Matthew Rhys Is In Talks With Netflix Over Adaptation Of Robert Caro’s ‘The Power Broker’
Matthew Rhys is in talks with the streamer over the adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book.
deadline.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I never do this, but I really want to be involved. @elliottkalan.bsky.social should write on it. I'll laugh and unroll maps.
deadline.com/2025/12/matt...
deadline.com/2025/12/matt...
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From The Onion, tough but fair
December 10, 2025 at 9:46 PM
From The Onion, tough but fair
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Inside the Crime Rings Trafficking Sand - @dataylor1 @sciam
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/sand-mafias-are-plundering-the-earth/
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/sand-mafias-are-plundering-the-earth/
Inside the Crime Rings Trafficking Sand
Organized crime is mining sand from rivers and coasts to ...
www.scientificamerican.com
January 13, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Inside the Crime Rings Trafficking Sand - @dataylor1 @sciam
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/sand-mafias-are-plundering-the-earth/
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/sand-mafias-are-plundering-the-earth/
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This is flat-out illegal.
Congress determines the name of the Kennedy Center.
Demolition of the East Wing is irreversible. This can and must be fixed.
www.cnbc.com/2025/12/19/t...
Congress determines the name of the Kennedy Center.
Demolition of the East Wing is irreversible. This can and must be fixed.
www.cnbc.com/2025/12/19/t...
Trump name added to Kennedy Center signage
The Kennedy Center board on Thursday voted to add Trump's name to the famed arts institution.
www.cnbc.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
This is flat-out illegal.
Congress determines the name of the Kennedy Center.
Demolition of the East Wing is irreversible. This can and must be fixed.
www.cnbc.com/2025/12/19/t...
Congress determines the name of the Kennedy Center.
Demolition of the East Wing is irreversible. This can and must be fixed.
www.cnbc.com/2025/12/19/t...
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If you missed it you can listen to the Democracy & Destiny podcast here 👇🏾 m.soundcloud.com/profciara 🗳️⚖️🎧 #beans #blacksky #
November 30, 2025 at 4:19 PM
If you missed it you can listen to the Democracy & Destiny podcast here 👇🏾 m.soundcloud.com/profciara 🗳️⚖️🎧 #beans #blacksky #
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For @newsecuritybeat.bsky.social I wrote how a convergence of environmental crime and organized crime speeds damage to the planet. And how journalists can help create a clearer picture of what's going on.
Thx Lauren Hirzer Risi and @stimsoncenter.bsky.social
www.newsecuritybeat.org/2025/09/clim...
Thx Lauren Hirzer Risi and @stimsoncenter.bsky.social
www.newsecuritybeat.org/2025/09/clim...
September 29, 2025 at 6:22 PM
For @newsecuritybeat.bsky.social I wrote how a convergence of environmental crime and organized crime speeds damage to the planet. And how journalists can help create a clearer picture of what's going on.
Thx Lauren Hirzer Risi and @stimsoncenter.bsky.social
www.newsecuritybeat.org/2025/09/clim...
Thx Lauren Hirzer Risi and @stimsoncenter.bsky.social
www.newsecuritybeat.org/2025/09/clim...
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Please check out my story The Shiva Option, about people swept up in democracy demonstrations in Thailand, in the fall issue of The Writing Disorder: writingdisorder.com
The Writing Disorder
The Writing Disorder is a quarterly literary journal. We publish new fiction, poetry, nonfiction, art, and interviews. Submissions are welcome all year long.
writingdisorder.com
October 20, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Please check out my story The Shiva Option, about people swept up in democracy demonstrations in Thailand, in the fall issue of The Writing Disorder: writingdisorder.com
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Can Trump actually name the Kennedy after himself? Short answer: "There's no question that this is not legal."
Can Trump Actually Name the Kennedy Center After Himself? - Washingtonian
"There's no question that this is not legal."
washingtonian.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Can Trump actually name the Kennedy after himself? Short answer: "There's no question that this is not legal."
“We can either educate the people of this Republic to know and therefore to value and therefore to preserve their own democratic culture, or we can watch the people of this Republic trade their democratic culture for the ignorance and prejudice & the hate of which the just & proper name is fascism.”
Librarian of Congress decides to fight fascism with field tape and radio docs. This is a true story I really loved exploring.
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Against the Time
A bold new radio production style emerges in the shadow of war: Sound trucks, real voices, and a recording medium that fortunately never caught on. All thanks to librarians.
continuous-wave.beehiiv.com
December 18, 2025 at 8:21 PM
“We can either educate the people of this Republic to know and therefore to value and therefore to preserve their own democratic culture, or we can watch the people of this Republic trade their democratic culture for the ignorance and prejudice & the hate of which the just & proper name is fascism.”
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"During this time of giving, we should not place too much importance on material gifts; it’s our thoughts, words, and deeds that count. Sincere expressions of appreciation, praise, thanks, and an unexpected helping hand can be the most treasured gifts of all." –Reverend Earl Ikeda
O Bodhi Tree, O Bodhi Tree
A Pure Land Buddhist reverend gets into the holiday spirit with a reflection on Bodhi Day and the value of giving selflessly.
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December 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
"During this time of giving, we should not place too much importance on material gifts; it’s our thoughts, words, and deeds that count. Sincere expressions of appreciation, praise, thanks, and an unexpected helping hand can be the most treasured gifts of all." –Reverend Earl Ikeda
See this great exhibit in Philly! I got to speak with the curator and the family of one of the featured artists, Miné Okubo, for @smithsonianmag.bsky.social:
www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-...
www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-...
December 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
See this great exhibit in Philly! I got to speak with the curator and the family of one of the featured artists, Miné Okubo, for @smithsonianmag.bsky.social:
www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-...
www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-...
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"Tamagotchis were all the rage!" - JOANNE MCNALLY, Furby Phobia, Did Furbys Spy on Us? #StupidToyDay #JoanneMcnally
December 16, 2025 at 8:37 PM
"Tamagotchis were all the rage!" - JOANNE MCNALLY, Furby Phobia, Did Furbys Spy on Us? #StupidToyDay #JoanneMcnally
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Today marks Jane Austen's 250th birthday! Celebrate with 30% off select books - plus, get free shipping on orders of $50 or more. Use code HJANE25 to save on in-depth biographies like "The Making of Jane Austen," essential poetry collections, and much more.
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December 16, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Today marks Jane Austen's 250th birthday! Celebrate with 30% off select books - plus, get free shipping on orders of $50 or more. Use code HJANE25 to save on in-depth biographies like "The Making of Jane Austen," essential poetry collections, and much more.
https://tr.ee/oyFyMj
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